I went up to Mt. Hamilton Observatory with Alex to take pictures of the partial solar eclipse. We could’ve driven up to Tahoe area to see the full annular eclipse, but neither of us planned it ahead enough to make the trip. I happened to have a B+W 110 ND 3.0 filter, a 10-stop filter that cuts out 99.9% of light, and Alex had a 300mm lens plus the extension. Together we had just enough equipment to take some mediocre photos of the sun, but it was the experience that really mattered, right? The next total solar eclipse in the U.S. will be in 2017, so we have 5 years to get our equipment ready.

Partial solar eclipse viewed from Mt. Hamilton east of San Jose, California.	Partial solar eclipse viewed from Mt. Hamilton east of San Jose, California.	Partial solar eclipse viewed from Mt. Hamilton east of San Jose, California.
Partial solar eclipse viewed from Mt. Hamilton east of San Jose, California.	Partial solar eclipse viewed from Mt. Hamilton east of San Jose, California.	Partial solar eclipse viewed from Mt. Hamilton east of San Jose, California.
Partial solar eclipse viewed from Mt. Hamilton east of San Jose, California.	Partial solar eclipse viewed from Mt. Hamilton east of San Jose, California.	Partial solar eclipse viewed from Mt. Hamilton east of San Jose, California.
Partial solar eclipse viewed from Mt. Hamilton east of San Jose, California.	Partial solar eclipse viewed from Mt. Hamilton east of San Jose, California.	Partial solar eclipse viewed from Mt. Hamilton east of San Jose, California.
Partial solar eclipse viewed from Mt. Hamilton east of San Jose, California.	Partial solar eclipse viewed from Mt. Hamilton east of San Jose, California.	Partial solar eclipse viewed from Mt. Hamilton east of San Jose, California.
Partial solar eclipse viewed from Mt. Hamilton east of San Jose, California.	Partial solar eclipse viewed from Mt. Hamilton east of San Jose, California.	Partial solar eclipse viewed from Mt. Hamilton east of San Jose, California.
Partial solar eclipse viewed from Mt. Hamilton east of San Jose, California.	Partial solar eclipse viewed from Mt. Hamilton east of San Jose, California.

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